Hendrick Motorsports swept Thursday night's qualifying races for the Daytona 500, with Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnson winning their respective duel. The Earnhardt and Johnson wins were anticlimactic, with the drama saved for Danica Patrick's desperate bid to make Sunday's opening race. Her second incident with Denny Hamlin in two days led to a frantic effort by her Stewart-Haas Racing crew to make rapid repairs for her to have a shot at making the 500. She restarted 18th with two laps to go and was pushed all the way around Daytona International Speedway by teammate Kurt Busch to finish 10th. It was good enough for her to make the field — Patrick had to...

On Sunday, Sage Karam moved back into Indianapolis.
Last year, Karam lived in the hub of Indy-car racing only for the racing season. He'd undoubtedly like it to be more permanent this time.
On Tuesday, the former Nazareth High wrestler and 2013...

Through driver changes, network shuffles, a new championship format and NASCAR's push to reinvent itself, the one constant for more than two decades has been Jeff Gordon behind the wheel every week of the iconic No. 24.
Well, it's time to buckle up for...

The team with which Nazareth's Sage Karam will compete in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona on Saturday-Sunday will start third after Thursday's qualifying session on the Daytona International Speedway road course.
The Chip Ganassi Racing Teams No. 1...

TV hottie Patrick Dempsey is in his fourth full season of driving in the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series, but just like NASCAR drivers, he apparently has his share of bad days. According to E! Online, Dempsey was involved in ...

Volusia County is more than Daytona International Speedway and miles of beach.
With nearly 1,500 square miles of land and a history that can be traced back to at least 1000 A.D., the choices for day trips are as eclectic as the county itself. Each of the...

NASCAR did the right thing by suspending Kurt Busch in February.
NASCAR did the right thing by reinstating Busch in March.
Let's discuss:
Domestic violence has risen as an important topic of discussion in all sports, and rightfully so. That always...

Carl Edwards has made no secret that he hopes to emulate Matt Kenseth's successful move from Roush Fenway Racing to Joe Gibbs Racing of two seasons ago. Kenseth left Roush, where he won three races in 2012, to win seven races in his first season...

DAYTONA BEACH — NASCAR's new Daytona 500 champion is squinting and smiling.
It is Joey Logano's signature look, a subject of good-natured marital discussions and some Twitter trolling.
"He does it all the time when he's driving down the road,"...

Kyle Busch is out of surgery and in good spirits, according to team owner Joe Gibbs.
Busch was knocked out of the Daytona 500 when his Toyota slid through the infield grass and hit an inside wall during Saturday's Xfinity race.
Busch sustained a...

DAYTONA BEACH — Vince Vaughn probably signed enough caps Sunday to outfit the entire population of Armington, Ill.
"We only have about 400 people," Kay Stroud said.
It was more like 398 over the weekend because Stroud and her husband were at...

Kurt Busch has lost his appeal to be reinstated for the season-opening Daytona 500. A three-judge panel upheld NASCAR's suspension on Saturday, but attorney Rusty Hardin said Busch will now go to final appeals officer Bryan Moss, who indicated he would...

Be honest. You have no clue what happens for three-plus hours when all those NASCAR drivers are spinning around making left turns at Daytona International Speedway.
No worries. We are here to help.
We enlisted the help of some pretty influential folks...

NASCAR driver Regan Smith had planned to watch the Daytona 500 from his couch Sunday.
But Smith, who mainly drives in NASCAR's second-level Xfinity Series, now is scheduled to compete in the biggest race of the year in the sport's top-tier Sprint Cup...

DAYTONA BEACH — Kyle Busch's wicked wreck in Saturday's Xfinity race prompted a quick and self-critical reaction from the Daytona International Speedway.
"The Daytona International Speedway did not live up to its responsibility today," said...

Veteran driver Clint Bowyer blasted NASCAR's new group qualifying system Sunday for the Daytona 500 after he was knocked out of pole-contention in a crash involving Reed Sorenson's car.
The new system has riled some racers' nerves, especially Bowyer, who...

DAYTONA BEACH — The love taps on Valentine's Day piled up, a collection of shiny and battered sheet metal in the evening's chill at Daytona International Speedway.
By the time Matt Kenseth won the Sprint Unlimited Saturday night, more than half the field...

DAYTONA BEACH — Speculation about a mellow Tony Stewart resurfacing this season has been greatly exaggerated.
Stewart lived up to his nickname — "Smoke" — when he threw a temper-tantrum after he was black-flagged by NASCAR for failing to...

DAYTONA BEACH — Be honest. You have no clue what happens for three-plus hours when all those NASCAR drivers are spinning around making left turns at Daytona International Speedway.
No worries. We are here to help.
We enlisted the help of some pretty...